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user3781214
user3781214

Reputation: 357

HTML5 CSS Liquid Layout Issue

I am trying to design a layout that looks something like this: http://imgur.com/cLCGRGJ

I want the entire layout to be designed using percentages instead of px. I think I am fairly close, but I am having issues with the margins or something. Here is my current code:

CSS

html, body {
    width: 95%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    height: 100%;
}

#header  {
      margin: 0;
      background-color: #000000;
      height: 5%;
      width: 100%;
}
#wrapper {
    height: 95%;
    margin: 0;
}

#content {
    width: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
    height: 95%;
    margin: 0;
}

#left {
    margin: 0;
    width: 25%;
    height: 500px;
    float: left;
}

#right {
    float: left;
    width: 75%;
    height: 100%;   
    margin-right: 0%;
    display: inline;
}

.boxes {
    margin: .5%;
    width: 48%;
    height: 48%;
}

#topleft {
    float: left;
}

#topright {
    float: left;
    display: inline;
}

#bottomleft {
    float: left;
}

#bottomright {
    float: left;
    display: inline;
}

HTML 

<html>
    <body>      
        <div id="header">

    </div>
    <div id="wrapper">
        <div id="content">  
                <div id="left">
                </div>
                <div id="right">
                    <div class="boxes" id="topleft"></div>  
                    <div class="boxes" id="topright"></div>

                    <div class="boxes" id="bottomleft"></div>
                    <div class="boxes" id="bottomright"></div>  
                </div>
        </div>
    </div>                   
    </body>
</html>

What else do I need to add to my CSS and or HTML code to get the layout I am looking for? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 343

Answers (2)

Quin
Quin

Reputation: 172

If it was me, I'd make it into a grid system, and have them nested.

Something like:

<header class="section group">
    <div class="col span_1_of_1">Header (this HTML is rather redundant)</div>
</header>
<section class="section group">
    <aside class="col span_1_of_10">Left</aside>
    <main class="col span_9_of_10">
        <section class="section group">
            <div class="col span_1_of_2">Top Left</div>
            <div class="col span_1_of_2">Top Right</div>
        </section>
        <section class="section group">
            <div class="col span_1_of_2">Top Left</div>
            <div class="col span_1_of_2">Top Right</div>
        </section>
    </main>
</section>

The CSS is based on percentage, including percentage for the margins.

Check it out

Upvotes: 1

Joao Cunha
Joao Cunha

Reputation: 772

I guess now it's correct, take a look. I came back with the right width of 75%, 74% was wrong. But I used the box-sizing: border-box of css3 to make the width include the borders of #left and .box . Also, I've set the box width to 49% which completes the size needed along with the margin of .5%:

CSS

    html, body {
    width: 95%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    height: 100%;
    border: 1px solid;
}

#header  {
      margin: 0;
      #background-color: #000000;
      height: 5%;
      width: 100%;
      border: 1px solid;

}
#wrapper {
    height: 95%;
    margin: 0;
}

#content {
    width: 100%;
    #overflow: hidden;
    height: 95%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0px;
}

#left {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 0;
    width: 25%;
    height: 500px;
    float: left;
    border: 1px solid;
    padding: 0px;
}

#right {

    float: left;
    width: 75%;
    height: 100%;   
    margin-right: 0px;
    display: inline;
    padding: 0px;
}

.boxes {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: .5%;
    width: 49%;
    height: 49%;
    border:1px solid;
}

#topleft {

    float: left;
}

#topright {
    float: left;
    display: inline;
}

#bottomleft {
    float: left;
}

#bottomright {
    float: left;
    display: inline;
}

Upvotes: 1

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